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5/22/2011 10:14:11 AM
Spaniards voted Sunday in local elections forecast to inflict a crushing defeat on the ruling Socialists as anger over mass unemployment boiled over into popular protests
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Economy
5/21/2011 12:26:23 PM
Ambassador tells Ahram Online the US is consulting Egyptian government and civil society to decide the best targets for aid and development loans
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Economy
5/19/2011 4:38:43 PM
The Ministry of Finance prepared four different scenarios for expenditures in the new budget. An unemployment fund will be created
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World
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International
5/18/2011 11:35:39 AM
Protesters fuming over Spain's economic crisis and sky-high jobless rate camped in Madrid and across the country Wednesday to vent their anger ahead of weekend local elections
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World
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International
5/17/2011 1:34:29 PM
Abstention among Spanish voters, unhappy with public spending cuts and high unemployment, is likely to hand major gains to the opposition centre-right Popular Party in local elections this month
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Economy
5/14/2011 3:40:01 PM
Weekslong standoff escalates as demonstrators press BG Group to hire local workers rather than import staff
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International
5/11/2011 12:15:09 PM
Stubbornly high unemployment and a stagnant economy will deal Spain's ruling Socialists heavy losses in regional elections and give them a foretaste of the defeat they are likely to suffer nationally next year
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Economy
5/1/2011 6:11:13 PM
Figures for last year show an alarming jobless rate among university degree holders overshadowing a slight improvement in overall employment
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World
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Region
5/1/2011 5:27:44 PM
Protesters stage a sit-in in Amman outside the Ministry of Labour demanding their right to work and a fairer minimum wage
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World
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Region
4/19/2011 6:34:17 PM
Israel's near five years blockade on the Gaza Strip causes extensive poverty, endemic unemployment and 80 percent of Gazans to be dependent on aid handouts
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Business
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Economy
4/18/2011 6:17:27 PM
Food prices are doubled, unemployment hits half of the population of the the lowest per capita income of any of the major Arab states
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Business
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Economy
4/11/2011 4:12:31 PM
Middle East needs structural reforms to feed economic growth, according to World Economic Outlook
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Economy
4/10/2011 3:16:21 PM
Rare protests in Riyadh and Jedda target lack of opportunities and low wages for teachers
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Business
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Economy
4/7/2011 2:51:25 PM
The World Trade Organisation warns of protectionist trade pressures fueled by high unemployment and sharp austerity programmes
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World
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Region
3/31/2011 1:25:56 PM
Algerian PM Ahmed Ouyahia stresses big difference between Algeria and other Arab countries in terms of democracy, acknowledges problems of unemployment and lack of housing
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Business
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Economy
3/30/2011 10:44:27 AM
Numbers employed, demand and advertised posts all drop in February
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World
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Region
3/17/2011 3:44:40 PM
Facebook-launched demonstration will coincide with unemployment protest on a day marking 49 years since the end of French colonial rule
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Business
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Economy
3/16/2011 1:16:04 PM
Region pledges $20bn for Bahrain and Oman, but younger generation not sated by financial measures
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Business
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Economy
3/16/2011 12:02:51 PM
As 20 per cent of Egyptians in Libya flee, Egypt makes job creation plans and faces a sharp drop in remittances
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Business
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Economy
3/15/2011 2:31:04 PM
International Labour organisation encouraged by nation's 'constructive spirit'
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